Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2006, 7:31 PM EDT for Clarendon County, South Carolina. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2006, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2006, 7:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clarendon County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 Sse Manning, SC | PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ALONG HWY 260 AT LANES SHOPPING CENTER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCAE 142331 TORCAE SCC027-150015- /O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0018.060514T2331Z-060515T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 731 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLARENDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CLARENDON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF MANNING...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR, IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE, AT 1, 800, 7 7 5, 7 1 9 9. LAT...LON 3364 8021 3347 8032 3352 8012 3362 8008 $$ TTH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KCAE 142349 SVSCAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 749 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 SCC027-142359- /O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060515T0015Z/ CLARENDON SC- 749 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLARENDON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3364 8021 3347 8032 3352 8012 3362 8008 $$ TTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:37 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 16 hr |
| May 14, 6:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 33 min |
| May 14, 7:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 43 min |
| May 14, 7:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 50 min |
| May 14, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 54 min |
| May 14, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw | 75 min |
| May 14, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 44 min |
| May 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 41 min |
| May 14, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 44 min |
| May 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 38 min |
| May 14, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 59 min |
| May 14, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 32 min |
| May 14, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 59 min |
| May 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 41 min |
| May 14, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 40 min |
| May 14, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee | 31 min |
| May 14, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 49 min |
| May 14, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 24 min |
| May 14, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 58 min |
| May 14, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 61 min |
| May 14, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 44 min |
| May 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 29 min |
| May 14, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 43 min |
| May 14, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 46 min |
| May 14, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 61 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.